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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7519

20 June 2012
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Imran Benson questions the ability of arbitrations to provide access to justice

Weavering Capital (UK) Ltd (in liquidation) and others v Peterson and others [2012] EWHC 1480 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 46 (Jun)

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC v Highland Financial Partners LP and others [2012] EWHC 1278 (Comm), [2012] All ER (D) 41 (Jun)

CGIS City Plaza Shares 1 Ltd and another company v Britel Fund Trustees Ltd [2012] EWHC 1594 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 62 (Jun)

Temple Island Collections Ltd v New English Teas Ltd and another [2012] EWPCC 1, [2012]
All ER (D) 49 (Jun)

Unilever plc v SC Johnson & Son Inc [2012] EWPCC 19, [2012] All ER (D) 75 (Jun)

Ibrahim v Barclays Bank plc and another [2012] EWCA Civ 640, [2012] All ER (D) 25 (Jun)

Re B (a child) (care proceedings: application for joinder) [2012] EWCA Civ 737, [2012] All ER (D) 26 (Jun)

Geoffrey Bindman QC recalls UK immigration in the 1960s

DWF has invested in its employment and pensions team, with the hire of Mark Hammerton from Eversheds, who joins as partner.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

Nikki Bowker, head of dispute resolution at Devonshires, on career resilience, diversity in law and channelling Elle Woods when the pressure is on

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team

DWF—Chris Air

DWF—Chris Air

Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment

NEWS
The government will aim to pass legislation banning leasehold for new flats and capping ground rent, introducing non-compulsory digital ID and creating a ‘duty of candour’ for public servants (also known as the Hillsborough law) in the next Parliament

An Italian financier has lost his bid to block his Australian wife from filing divorce papers in England on the basis it was no longer her domicile of choice

Reforms to the disclosure regime in the business and property courts have not achieved their objectives, lawyers have warned
The Law Society has urged ministers to hold a public consultation on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the justice system as a whole
Ministers have proposed bringing inquest work under a single fee scheme for legal help and advocacy legal aid work
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